Colour

#3C175A

#3C175A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#3C175A is a violet with RGB values 60, 23, 90 and HSL 273°, 59%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#3C175A

RGBrgb(60, 23, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.0902, 0.3529

RGB percentages23.5%, 9%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(273.1, 59.3%, 22.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273.1, 74.4%, 35.3%)

CMYK33.3%, 74.4%, 0%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,938,138

CSS custom property--colour: #3C175A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness48.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.36:1

Contrast with white14.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#C3E8A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00295Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#022A59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original

Tritanopia#372636no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 16.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24 Indigo · ΔE 28.7 Purple · ΔE 30.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 35

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 16.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#355A17

Analogous#1A175A, #5A1757

Triadic#5A3C17, #175A3C

Split complementary#575A17, #175A1B

Tetradic#5A1B17, #355A17, #17575A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#A465D8

Lighter +30%#8D3DCD

Lighter +20%#722CAB

Lighter +10%#572183

Darker −10%#210D31

Darker −20%#060209

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3D0968

Less saturated −25%#3B254C

Channel breakdown

R60

G23

B90

Red60 (23.5%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue273.13°

Saturation (HSL)59.29%

Lightness22.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 3C · G 17 · B 5A

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